Anthony Albanese: “If governments don't respond to that there'll be a continued rise in populism, be it of the right or the left.”

I don't want to see a political system in which you can't have conversations with people at the supermarket, in the street, at street meetings, public forums — that's an important part of our democracy.

This wasn't an accident. There was a deliberate act, it would appear. We don't know what the motivation is.

The temperature has undoubtedly been increased. Not just here in Australia, of course. We've seen incidents internationally as well.

Helen Haines is incredibly hardworking. She is fiercely intelligent, but most importantly, she’s just a thoroughly decent human being.